A collaboration between Youssef
Tabti, French artist, based in Germany and Rani Al Rajji, Lebanese
architect, based in Beirut. Initiated by Goethe-Institut Libanon.

Project Description:

“Psychogeographic
exploration" is a practice that rediscovers the physical city through the
moods and atmospheres that act upon the individual. Psychogeography is the
experimental exploration of the environment and its impacts. It investigates
the influence the geographic environment has on the perception and the behavior
of the individual. Perhaps the most prominent
characteristic of psychogeography is the activity of WALKING. The act of
walking could be become a subversive and political act.

About 10 participants from Beirut
with different social backgrounds explored the district of Bourj Hammoud
through individual and collective walking tours through the district. During
these tours, participants collected items, drew maps and wrote down thoughts
and observations. The exhibition at Zoukak Studio
is the final presentation of the project, showcasing a mapping of the region
through the participants’ routes on a map, as well as photographs, objects and
texts of the participants.

Exhibition Views. museumfurneuekunst Artist Youssef Tabti created a special edition of the two daily newspapers @badische_zeitung and @lalsacefr for our joint exhibition project YOUR NORTH IS MY SOUTH / MON NORD EST TON SUD with @la_kunsthalle_mulhouse
For "Mon Nord est Ton Sud", Youssef Tabti shows a special edition of regional newspaper-an artwok specially commissioned for the exhibition. In the archives of "L'Alsace and the Badische Zeitung" he founded topics and information covered by the two newspapers, although their tones and even their slants may be different. The collect articles are shown in a special bilingual edition which, for the first time, binds the two newspaper together.

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YOUSSEF TABTI - born in Paris. lives since 1994 in Hamburg

French artist with Algerian roots.
Current political topics are of high importance in his artwork. His work includes a series of creative and social aspects. He wants to invite spectators and listeners to focus their attention towards art and politics at the same time. It is an attempt to dissolve the barriers of past and present in relation to arts and political topics.